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Pierre Cartier (1932–2024): a tribute | Tangente
Nicolas Bourbaki himself announced it in "Le Carnet" in the September 1–2 issue of Le Monde: the group "pays tribute to Pierre Cartier, who died on August 17 and was a contributor to and voice of the group for many years. A wide-ranging, voluble and mischievous mathematician (he announced Bourbaki's death forty years ago), he leaves behind a rich and varied legacy."
Grothendieck: mathematics' rebel legend | Tangente
On the Radio France website, the programme "Les grandes traversées" explores the lives of people who embarked on momentous journeys, whether literal, political or intellectual.
Integer polygons
The discovery that so simple a figure as a square cannot have both sides and diagonals of integer length troubled several great scholars of antiquity. Can polygons with this property nevertheless be found? This seemingly innocent question continues to open up new avenues of research today.
Italo Calvino's mathematical writing | Tangente
Widely read in Italian schools and universities, Italo Calvino is a major author, renowned for the literary quality of his work. He was also an avid lover of mathematics and readily drew on it in his writing, particularly to structure his texts, as one would expect of a committed Oulipian.
Daniel Litt's probability problems
The young mathematician Daniel Litt currently holds a position at the University of Toronto. His research usually explores the interplay between algebraic geometry and arithmetic. Yet in recent months, he has attracted attention in an entirely different field, even earning an interview with the renowned online publication Quanta Magazine.
The mathematicians of Père-Lachaise | Tangente
At this time of year, around All Saints’ Day, tradition calls for visits to cemeteries. So let's take the opportunity to visit the graves of mathematicians in the most iconic cemetery of all: Père-Lachaise.